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When human-centred design meets data visualizations, great journalism happens.
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The multidiscipline team involved in the project – visual journalists, designers, engineers – told their success story here:
On the opposite, the big engagement on the page, happening already before it showed any actual election results, showed that not only Europeans, but many Americans were looking for information about how the overly complex US electoral system works.
The Team took an informed decision on which source to use (AP) and – that was of paramount importance – how to ingest efficiently every 15 seconds the data coming from AP. The batch processing of data could therefore detect and elaborate any small changes of data, as they were available.
“2020 has seen two huge stories–first the COVID-19 crisis and now the US election–that have highlighted how important data literacy has become for journalists. Data-driven visuals are everywhere and they can cause a strong emotional reaction in readers, but it’s also more important than ever to consider whether your dataset may not be telling the whole story, or your graphic could be misleading the reader.”
The Guardian: Tracking the US election results.
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